WOE TO CONSTANTINE!
History of Emperor Constantine and his Impact on Christianity Today

272 AD (The Birth of Constantine)

On February 27, 272 AD, Constantine (full name: Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus) was born. His father was Flavius Valerius Constantius, a Roman Army officer and his mother, Helena was Greek (a Christian). His father became Caesar, the deputy emperor, in the west in 293 AD. Constantine was sent east where he rose through the ranks to become a military tribune under Emperors Diocletian and Galerius.

306 AD (Constantine’s Age: 34)

After his father’s death in 306 AD, Constantine was declared Emperor by the army, which term lasted until his own death in 337 AD; and emerged victorious against Emperors Maxentius and Licinius to become SOLE RULER of both west and east 18 years later in 324 AD.

310+ AD (Constantine’s Age: 38)

In the likeness of Apollo (see Revelation 9:11), Constantine recognized himself as the “saving figure” to whom would be granted "rule of the whole world," as foretold by the poet Virgil. In his early reign, the coinage of Constantine depicted Mars (the Roman god of war) AS HIS PATRON. From 310 AD on, Mars was replaced by Sol Ivictus (THE SUN GOD), a god conventionally identified with Apollo.

313 AD (Constantine’s Age: 41)

Constantine played an influential role in the proclamation of the Edict of Milan, which declared religious TOLERANCE for Christianity in the Roman Empire.

315 AD (Constantine’s Age: 43)

After his victorious Battle of the Milvian Bridge, Constantine had the Arch of Constantine built to celebrate his triumph. The arch is decorated with images of the GODDESS VICTORIA; ABSENT of any Christian symbols. Sacrifices to gods, which included APOLLO, DIANA, AND HERCULES, were made at the dedication of the arch.

Two of his most famous building projects were 1) the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, purportedly the site of Jesus’ tomb in Jerusalem, and 2) Old Saint Peter’s Basilica. All this merely WORKS, while still very much a practicing pagan.

According to Christian writers, Constantine was over 40 (no exact date given) when he DECLARED HIMSELF a Christian [reminiscent of Satan’s list of “I WILLS” in Ezekiel 28]. In light of this, his writing to Christians attributing his successes and protection to the “Christian High God” alone is not surprising, though clearly DECEPTIVE. This explains the great error in reporting that his intermingling of Christian holidays with pagan holidays was born out of his conversion. Obviously, that cannot be further from the truth – 100% LIE.

321 AD (Constantine’s Age: 49)

Sixteen (16) years BEFORE his “self-proclaimed” conversion, Constantine legislated that the day of worship [PREVIOUSLY known as “The Sabbath (which began on Friday at sundown until sundown on Saturday)”] BE CHANGED FROM SATURDAY TO SUNDAY as the day of rest for ALL citizens – undeniable proof that Constantine was a “sun worshipper.” Perhaps this was Constantine and Rome’s contrived victory—sneaking SUN WORSHIP into Christianity by exchanging the true Christian day of rest and worship (the SABBATH) for another day dedicated to ancient sun worship.

When Rome adopted Christianity (or rather TOLERATED it), none of the pagan customs were replaced. Imagine that!? In fact, by the above definition, Christians ADOPTED pagan practices by INTERMINGLING (i.e. mixing – see Leviticus 10:10, Ezekiel 44:23, 2 Corinthians 6:14) it with a day to celebrate Christ’s birth. Nowhere in the Word of God are we commanded or even admonished to celebrate either Christ’s birth or His death/resurrection. Look, it isn’t there!

At this time, Constantine also enforced the PROHIBITION of celebrating the Lord’s Supper on the day before Jewish Passover, which marked an undisputable break of Christianity from the Judaic tradition.

The Roman Julian Calendar (a solar calendar) was given precedence over the Hebrew Calendar in the Christian churches of the Roman Empire.

325 AD (Constantine’s Age: 55)

One of the most disconcerting facts I discovered about Constantine was the fact that HE called the FIRST COUNCIL OF NICAEA (the first Ecumenical Council) in 325 AD, (12 years BEFORE his “self-proclaimed” conversion) which produced the STATEMENT OF CHRISTIAN BELIEF known as the Nicene Creed. Throughout his reign, he established a precedent for the position of the emperor having great influence and ultimate regulatory authority involving Christian councils of that time. Constantine’s influence over the Church councils focused on enforcing doctrine, rooting out heresy and upholding ecclesiastical unit. He felt that what proper worship doctrine and dogma consisted of was for the Church to determine (i.e. participating bishops).

At this meeting of the Council of Nicaea, Constantine persuaded those in attendance that ONLY one Easter (Ishtar), again intermingling it with “Resurrection” day for the Christians, should be kept.

Believers/followers of the Sun god celebrate his birthday near the Winter Solstice, on December 25th, the time when the sun is closest to the earth. The Romans celebrated Saturnalia, a festival dedicated to Saturn, their Sun god, from December 17 – 24. This celebration included gift giving, sexual orgies and drunkenness. Certainly, during Constantine’s reign, Christianity was on the rise, and many riots and uprisings ensured due to the conversion of pagans to Christianity! Constantine wanted the violence between the pagans and Christians to cease, so he claimed he had a vision of the cross of Christ (the cross had been a pagan symbol of worship LONG BEFORE Jesus’ death and resurrection) and this was the reason for him being in power. He later declared Christianity as the Roman Empire’s official religion. At the time, it seemed a win for Jesus and Christianity, but it turned into something worse.

337 AD (Constantine’s Age: 68)

Constantine is reportedly the first Roman emperor to “convert” to Christianity ON HIS DEATHBED (when he was 68). Soon after the Feast of Easter in 337, Constantine fell seriously ill. He called his bishops and shared with them his hope to be baptized in the River Jordan. He requested the baptism right away. The bishop who baptized Constantine recorded that his baptism was “performed . . . according to custom.” Constantine chose Bishop Eusebius of Nicomedia to baptize him. In postponing his baptism, he followed one custom which postponed baptism until after infancy. It has been thought that Constantine put off baptism as long as he did so as to be absolved from as much of his sin as possible. He soon died on May 22, 337.

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Crying out in the wilderness,
Delann Conrad
Website: https://www.thebattleisreal.org